Lily plant named `Beaudacious`

ABSTRACT

A new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant of the chalice type particularly distinguished by its profuse production of medium size flowers having tepals of a generally orange buff color each bearing a ruby red brush mark extending from the top of the nectary for about 2 to 3 cm. towards the tepal center, the flowers being borne individually on generally upright pedicels carried in a more or less umbel arrangement adjacent the upper end of a strong, erect stem having a length of 110 to 120 cm., the flowers blooming annually and profusely during mid-season and having abundant foliage.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

This Asiatic hybrid lily originated as a hybrid seedling produced atSandy, Oreg. by crossing an unnamed and unpatented hybrid with pollenfrom the variety Endeavor, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,026, this particularseedling having been selected by me for propagation because of its veryunusual orange buff primary flower coloration strongly marked in theinner half portion of each tepal to present a very striking and unusualappearance and asexual propagation of this seedling was done at Sandy,Oreg. by scaling and by tissue culture with such success thatpropagation in that manner was continued through several successivegenerations which demonstrated conclusively that the novelcharacteristic of the selected seedling would hold true from generationto generation and appeared to be firmly fixed. Propagation in this samemanner is being done at Aurora, Oreg.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

My new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily is illustrated by the accompanyingfull color photographic drawing which shows a three-quarter face view ofa fully opened flower together with a number of buds in various stagesof maturity, the color designations herein specified being reproduced asnearly truly as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographicprocedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW PLANT

The following is a detailed description of my new Asiatic lily plant asobserved at Aurora, Oreg., with the color designations being accordingto the R.H.S. Colour Chart published by The Royal Horticultural Societyof London, England.

THE PLANT

Origin: Seedling.

Parentage:

Seed parent.--A hybrid originated by a cross of the variety SterlingStar by the variety Brink, neither of the stated varieties beingpatented.

Pollen parent.--The variety Endeavor, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,026.

Classification:

Botanic.--Division -- 1A, UPR Asiatic hybrid lily.

Commercial.--Hybrid Lilium clone.

Form: Erect and stately single stem.

Height: About 110 to 120 cm.

Main stem length: 110 to 120 cm.

Growth: Vigorous, upright and very strong.

Foliage:

Quantity.--Abundant.

Size of leaf.--About 5 to 11 cm. long and about 3 to 3.5 cm. wide.

Shape of leaf.--Lanceolate with entire margins.

Texture.--Leathery.

Appearance.--Glossy.

Color.--Upper side -- Dark Green. Under side -- Somewhat lighter Green.

Bulbs:

Size.--Ranging to 25 cm. in circumference for commercial use.

Color.--White.

THE BUD

Shape: Long ovoid with obtuse apex.

Size: About 2 cm. in diameter and about 8 cm. long.

Rate of opening: The bud opens slowly at maturity in response to light.

Color:

When tepals first divide.--Orange Buff 26-D.

When tepals begin to unfurl.--Orange Buff 26-D.

Pedicel:

Length.--About 30 cm.

Character.--Erect and rigid.

Color.--Yellow Green 147-A.

THE FLOWER

Blooming habit: Annually and profusely during mid-season.

Size of flower: Medium.

Diameter.--About 14 to 16 cm.

Borne: In a raceme and somewhat umbel cluster at the top of the mainstem.

Shape:

When bloom first opens.--Cup shaped.

When bloom matures.--Generally flat.

Tepalage:

Number.--Six.

Arrangement.--Hexagonal with inside tepals alternating above the outsidetepals.

Form.--Elliptical with entire margins and acute apex.

Texture.--Leathery.

Aspect.--Satiny.

Color.--Outer tepals -- body, Orange Buff 22-D with brush mark of RubyRed 59-A at the top of the nectary furrow and extending about 2 to 3 cm.towards the tepal center with a width of about 1.5 cm. Base -- YellowGreen 144-B. Reverse side -- Orange Buff 22-C with tepal edge and tip ofYellow Ochre. Inside tepals -- body, Yellow Orange 18-B marked with RedPurple 59-A at the top of the nectary furrow and numerous Ruby Red spotsspread laterally from each side of the nectary to the tepal margins andfor the length of the brush marks.

Discoloration after full bloom: The flower color becomes more orange andfades as the blossom ages.

Fragrance: None.

Persistence: The petals stay on the stem for approximately three weeksproviding a long lasting quality for the bloom both on the plant and asa cut flower.

Disease resistance: Resistant to fusarium and virus tolerant as observedat Aurora, Oreg.

THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

Stamens:

Number.--Six.

Arrangement.--Typical of genus Lilium.

Anthers.--Size: About 1.8 cm. Color: Red 59-B.

Filaments.--Length: About 5 cm. Color: Salmon 27-A.

Pollen.--Color: Greyed-Red 178-D.

Pistils:

Number.--1.

Style.--Length: About 3.5 to 4 cm. Color: Orange 28-C.

Stigma.--Color: Ruby Red 59-A.

Character of ovaries: Typical of the genus Lilium.

FRUIT

Fertility: The fruit is fertile.

Shape: Ovoid.

Color at maturity: Soft Brown.

This new variety most resembles the variety Impact, U.S. Plant Pat. No.5,952.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant,substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by agenerally Orange Buff coloration of the tepals each of which is brushmarked with Ruby Red at the end of the nectary furrow; this plantblooming annually and profusely during the mid-season and growing withabundant foliage.